And then the winter came....

...muted all the sounds, hid all the colours..
...and it was awesome!

This was the first snow I shot one early winter in Poland.
Poor Calendulas (photos above) were blooming away as the late fall days were nice and sunny. And even with the snow on they looked fresh. Their flowers filled with snow I saw for the first time though. They are usually gone by that time.

Boxwoods will stay green no matter what. With sunny days the snow will melt and it will freeze again over the night. The leaves will look like melted into glass. That will not kill the either.
In spring they will just keep growing.

They also give protection to insects and I often see small birds looking for them during winter.

I have no idea what plant that was. Some kind of blooming bush. One of many. Pretty seed pods though :)

More evergreen shrubs...

All the snow was gone by dinner time.
Pity.

Funny thing about Polish winter is that it always comes. Eventually. With more or less snow. More or less ice on the roads. It lasts few days, or a good few weeks.
But it comes.
And every year the road services and drivers are taken by surprise.
🤷‍♀

»«
_{Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.}